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Date set for reorganization of new Luzerne County Council
November 16, 2023
Due to the New Year’s Day holiday, newly elected Luzerne County Council members will take the oath of office and be seated with the full council for a reorganization meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 2, said council Chairwoman Kendra Vough.
Luzerne County small businesses can apply for American Rescue Plan funding earmarked by county council
November 15, 2023
Applications are now being accepted for a “Small Business Sustainability Grant Program” that Luzerne County Council funded with a $5 million federal American Rescue Plan allocation, officials announced Wednesday morning in the county courthouse rotunda.
Luzerne County Election Board counting 265 mail ballots
November 14, 2023
After hours of painstaking review, Luzerne County’s Election Board identified 265 Wilkes-Barre mail ballots from last week’s general election that will be counted. These voters had been impacted by a mail ballot error.
Luzerne County Council confirms budget/finance division head nominee
November 14, 2023
Luzerne County Council voted Tuesday to confirm Mary Roselle’s appointment as the new budget/finance division head, advance a proposed merger of 911 and emergency management and lease space in Hazleton City Hall for a southern county annex.
State: Luzerne County owes $94,866 due to alleged fund misappropriation by former magisterial court employee
November 13, 2023
Luzerne County’s court branch court owes Pennsylvania $94,866 stemming from the alleged misappropriation of funds by a former magisterial district court employee, according to a state Auditor General’s Office audit forwarded to county officials.
Luzerne County may allocate more funding for road repairs
November 13, 2023
Luzerne County Council is set to vote Tuesday to allocate $1 million in interest earnings on federal American Rescue Plan funding for county-owned road repair and maintenance projects, officials said.
Another presentation on former Hotel Sterling project scheduled Tuesday
November 12, 2023
Another presentation seeking funding for a project at the former Hotel Sterling site in Wilkes-Barre is scheduled during Luzerne County Council’s Tuesday work session, the agenda said.
Election outcome will change Luzerne County Council dynamics
November 12, 2023
The dynamics change on Luzerne County Council every other year when the 11 new and current members are seated together in the January following a municipal election.
Treasures of the temple
November 12, 2023
Luzerne County Council Vice Chairman John Lombardo uttered “amazing” when he stepped inside the historic Irem Temple in Wilkes-Barre.
Luzerne County Election Board calls for more notice when problems occur
November 10, 2023
Luzerne County’s five-citizen election board opened its Nov. 7 general election adjudication Friday morning with a complaint that it was “deprived of its role and rights by the county administration.”